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PROTECTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BUNKER OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE) ACT 2008 - SECT 3

Definitions

    In this Act:

"applied provisions" means the provisions of the Bunker Oil Convention mentioned in section   11 as they have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.

"appropriate insurance certificate" has the meaning given by section   15.

"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

"Authority" means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 .

"Bunker Oil Convention" means:

  (a)   the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, done at London on 23   March 2001; or

  (b)   if the Convention has been amended by any amendment that has entered into force for Australia--the Convention as so amended.

Note:   In 2008, the text of the Convention was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

"Civil Liability Convention" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"coastal sea" of Australia or an external Territory has the same meaning as in subsection   15B(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

"constitutional corporation" means a corporation to which paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

"enforcement officer" means:

  (a)   an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901 ; or

  (b)   an inspector within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012 ; or

  (c)   a person included in a class of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

"government ship" means a ship (including a warship) that is owned or operated by:

  (a)   the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or a foreign country; or

  (b)   an authority of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or a foreign country.

"gross tonnage" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"incident" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"offshore facility" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"person" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

Note:   See also sections   28 (partnerships) and 29 (unincorporated associations).

"pollution damage" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"preventive measures" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"regulated Australian vessel" : a ship is a regulated Australian vessel if it is a regulated Australian vessel for the purposes of the Navigation Act 2012 .

"registered owner" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"Secretary-General" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"ship" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

"shipowner" has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.



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